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title: "Anish Hirlekar - Founder in Mumbai | Tal"
description: "Meet Anish Hirlekar, Staff Product Designer | Payments · AI · CX | 250M+ users | Open to Remote/Hybrid roles based in Mumbai. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and claudecode. Explore public work links including anishhirlekar.com."
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# Anish Hirlekar on Tal

## Headline

Staff Product Designer \| Payments · AI · CX \| 250M\+ users \| Open to Remote/Hybrid roles

## About

Staff Product Designer with 13\+ years shipping consumer products at scale\. At Dream11 \(India's largest fantasy sports platform, 250M\+ users\) I've led Sports AI from 0 to 1, scaled payments and CX, and designed across AI, compliance, and behavioural design\. Currently open to fully remote/hybrid senior roles at global product teams anywhere in the world\. Core expertise: Payments and Compliance \| Generative and Sports AI \| CX Design \| Micro\-interactions \| Design Systems \| Design Mentorship

## Location

Mumbai

## AI stack

claude code

claude

claudecode

githubcopilot

Supabase

Vercel AI SDK

## Work experience

Founder at Leashloop, Jun 2026 \- Present · 3 mo, Remote, Building Leashloop It came from watching a professional dog trainer run her business across contacts, a calendar and a notes app, and then retype all of it into WhatsApp every evening\. None of it was difficult\. All of it was tiring, and it happened at the end of a day of physical work\. Leashloop holds the things that shouldn't get buried in a chat\. Client and dog records, session booking and rescheduling, and session summaries she can share with an owner as a link\. It's still early\. If you train dogs or run a pet business, I'd like to hear from you\.

Staff Product Designer at Dream11, Aug 2023 \- Jun 2026 · 2 yrs 11 mos, India, Sports AI \- Led IA restructure and full design language for Rushline, a 0\-1 Sports AI product, driving 223% increase in free trial conversion and 166% increase in session time \- Designed AI trust framework across transparency, explainability, and social proof to handle model uncertainty at scale \- Lifted info tab adoption from 8% to 53\.6% by simplifying complex match data into fast, intuitive mobile\-first interfaces User Retention & Revenue Growth \- Achieved approx\. $6M USD \(Rs 50Cr\+\) in Net Gross Revenue and 201% ROI through targeted behavioural design and play habit strategies CX Design & AI Automation \- Co\-led GenAI chatbot \(POC\) with bilingual voice/text support, boosting verification success by 7\.6%, CSAT by 26%, and reducing support tickets by 13% \- Improved customer support accessibility, leading to a 12% increase in Help feature adoption \- Elevated payment and CX touch points with animations and micro\-interactions, adding moments of delight in user journey

Senior Product Designer at Dream11, Mar 2021 \- Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo, India, Scaling payments \- Redesigned offers section, boosting engagement by 226% and new contest joins by 5% \- Improved reliability during IPL and World Cup surges through cross\-functional collaboration \- Elevated payment and CX touchpoints with animations and micro\-interactions, adding moments of delight throughout the user journey Compliance \- Built Responsible Gameplay feature to meet regulatory compliance \- Enabled swift GST & TDS compliance with no disruption to user experience

Senior Associate UI Designer at Lollypop UX/UI Studio, Feb 2020 \- Mar 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Responsible for leading design direction, creating mood boards, icons, design systems, style guides, visual language and micro\-interactionsProject Highlights: Kotak Securities \(Fintech \- Mobile App\): \- Sole UI designer for a complete app makeover \- Defined design language, developed a custom design system, and implemented a dark theme \- Achieved strong user test results and positive stakeholder feedback SEWN \(European Coffee \- Web and Mobile\): \- Led project oversight and resolved design challenges Awards: Rising Star Award During my time here, I also worked on leading design direction, creating mood boards, icons, design systems, style guides, visual language, and micro\-interactions

UI UX Designer at Media\.net, Jul 2019 \- Jan 2020 · 7 mos, Responsible for designing health, e\-commerce and blog websites along with social media posts \- Specialized in hybrid sites combining e\-commerce and blogs \- Managed branding and UI projects, showcased on Behance and Dribbble \- Created daily social media and Pinterest posts for Health\.online, growing the platform to over 50K organic supporters

Graphic Designer at Media\.net, Jan 2018 \- Jul 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Vasantdada patil college of engineering

Diploma, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician, V\.E\.S\.P

## Public links

- anishhirlekar\.com: https://anishhirlekar\.com/

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